Category Archives: Comings & Goings

HAMILTON, Bermuda—Belmond Ltd. announced the appointment of James Simmonds as senior vice president, global development. Simmonds joins Belmond from Rosewood Hotel Group in Hong Kong, where he was senior vice president – development, Asia Pacific and China. He has a ...

Omni Hotels & Resorts has named Ryan O’Byrne as global director, sales in the New York Global Sales Office. Most recently, O’Byrne served as the director of sales and marketing for the Park Central Hotel in New York, where he ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—ESA Management LLC, a subsidiary of Extended Stay America, announced the promotion of Andrea Delligatti as vice president of sales, Northeast division, reporting directly to Executive Vice President of Sales Mark Mahoney, effective immediately. Delligatti will be responsible for ...

BETHESDA, Md.—DiamondRock Hospitality has announced that Dustin Resnick has joined the company as vice president, acquisitions and investments, effective immediately. In this role, Resnick will be responsible for sourcing and executing new acquisitions for the company and will play a ...

PHOENIX—Best Western International announced that its board of directors has elected Jayesh ‘Jay’ Patel as board chairman for 2015. He was elected a director in November 2010 and re-elected in 2013 to represent the interests of Best Western hotel owners ...

What They’re Saying

“Strong fundamentals are pervasive around the country and high occupancy levels in the vast majority of markets support aggressive pricing strategy, which will lead to another year of significant room rate increases for most and continued double-digit profit growth will be realized by the average U.S. hotel.”

-Mark Woodworth, president of hospitality research at PKF Hospitality Research